Li calls for safeguarding national, ethnic unity

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Premier Li Keqiang has called for patriots from religious circles in the Tibet autonomous region to help safeguard national unification, ethnic unity and social harmony.

Li made the remarks while visiting the Jokhang Temple in downtown Lhasa, the autonomous region's capital, on Thursday. The temple, built in 653, has observed the history of peace marriages between the Hans and Tibetans, the premier said.